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diff --git a/include/linux/swapops.h b/include/linux/swapops.h
index cb468e418ea1..96f26e29fefe 100644
--- a/include/linux/swapops.h
+++ b/include/linux/swapops.h
@@ -426,9 +426,19 @@ typedef unsigned long pte_marker;
* "Poisoned" here is meant in the very general sense of "future accesses are
* invalid", instead of referring very specifically to hardware memory errors.
* This marker is meant to represent any of various different causes of this.
+ *
+ * Note that, when encountered by the faulting logic, PTEs with this marker will
+ * result in VM_FAULT_HWPOISON and thus regardless trigger hardware memory error
+ * logic.
*/
#define PTE_MARKER_POISONED BIT(1)
-#define PTE_MARKER_MASK (BIT(2) - 1)
+/*
+ * Indicates that, on fault, this PTE will case a SIGSEGV signal to be
+ * sent. This means guard markers behave in effect as if the region were mapped
+ * PROT_NONE, rather than if they were a memory hole or equivalent.
+ */
+#define PTE_MARKER_GUARD BIT(2)
+#define PTE_MARKER_MASK (BIT(3) - 1)
static inline swp_entry_t make_pte_marker_entry(pte_marker marker)
{
@@ -464,6 +474,18 @@ static inline int is_poisoned_swp_entry(swp_entry_t entry)
{
return is_pte_marker_entry(entry) &&
(pte_marker_get(entry) & PTE_MARKER_POISONED);
+
+}
+
+static inline swp_entry_t make_guard_swp_entry(void)
+{
+ return make_pte_marker_entry(PTE_MARKER_GUARD);
+}
+
+static inline int is_guard_swp_entry(swp_entry_t entry)
+{
+ return is_pte_marker_entry(entry) &&
+ (pte_marker_get(entry) & PTE_MARKER_GUARD);
}
/*